Enter Kyōshirō Nemuri the Swordman

Enter Kyōshirō Nemuri the Swordman (Nemuri Kyōshirō Sappōchō, 眠狂四郎 殺法帖) is a 1963 Japanese Jidaigeki film directed by Tokuzō Tanaka.[2][3] It was adapted from the novel Nemuri Kyōshirō Buraihikai written by Renzaburō Shibata.[4] It is the first film of a classic Japanese samurai film series Nemuri Kyōshirō.[5][6][7]

Enter Kyōshirō Nemuri the Swordman[1]
Directed byTokuzō Tanaka
Screenplay bySeiji Hoshikawa
Based onRenzaburō Shibata
Starring
CinematographyChikashi Makiura
Edited byHiroshi Yamada
Music byTaichirō Kosugi
Production
company
Daiei Kyoto
Distributed byDaiei Film
Release date
  • November 2, 1963 (1963-11-02) ( Japan)
Running time
82 minutes
CountryJapan
LanguageJapanese

Plot

Nemuri Kyōshirō is a mixed-blood swordsman. One day, Kyōshirō is attacked by Ninja on his way to a riverside tea-house. A few days later, Kyōshirō has a visit from Chisa, who serves the Kaga Maeda clan. She asks Kyōshirō to protect her from a Chinese man named Chen Sun. Kyōshirō accept her request. However Kyōshirō later hears a surprising fact from Chen Sun.

Cast

References
  1. "眠狂四郎 殺法帖". Motion Picture Producers Association of Japan. Retrieved 8 December 2021.
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  3. "Kinema Junpo 1963年12月上・下旬合併号". Tokyo: Kinema Junpo sha. 1963. p. 104. {{cite magazine}}: Cite magazine requires |magazine= (help)
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  7. "眠狂四郎 殺法帖". OMC and National Film Archive of Japan. Retrieved 8 December 2021.
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